Tehran voiced even worse threats to the US in response <\/p>\n
Tehran responded to US threats to destroy Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not unblocked within two days. The retaliatory threats turned out to be more extensive.<\/p>\n
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing Al Jazeera and the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
Read also: <\/strong>The oil blockade and disputes with Israel. Why Trump cannot declare “victory” over Iran<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Iranian military responded that in the event of damage to their fuel and energy complex, a strike would be launched against the energy, information technology, and desalination infrastructure of the US in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n WSJ reports that while oil and gas reserves support the region’s economy, millions of people in the Middle East rely on desalination plants for drinking water. The Middle East is home to over 40% of the world’s desalination capacity, or about 5,000 plants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n Recall that just a few hours ago, US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social that he is giving Iran 48 hours to unblock the Strait of Hormuz; otherwise, the United States will destroy Iran’s power plants.<\/p>\n As is known, Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz at the beginning of the war, which triggered a major oil crisis. In the US, fuel prices also surged as a result, and Washington began efforts to unblock the strait.<\/p>\n Trump even called on NATO allies to assist him in unblocking the Strait of Hormuz, but they refused, which caused outrage from the US president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tehran voiced even worse threats to the US in response. Tehran reacted to the US threats to destroy Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not unblocked within two days. The retaliatory threats turned out to be more extensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n